News

3/2/2015

AUCD signed on to a Letter to Congressional Leaders Supporting Extended funding for Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program

AUCD signed onto a Letter as a member of the National Child Abuse Coalition to support funding for the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program.

3/2/2015

Project SEARCH Mississippi (UCEDD MS)

Project SEARCH is an eight-month training program that consists of daily employment preparatory skills training, community development, mentoring services and work internships. The project targets young adults 18 - 30 years old and includes peer mentoring by students at the University of Southern Mississippi. The training program allows participants to work on employability and functional skills

2/26/2015

Kaiser Policy Insight/ Issue Brief on King v. Burwell

Kaiser Health News released a Issue Brief exampling the policy implications and legal arguments in U.S. Supreme Court's King v. Burwell Case.

2/25/2015

APTA and Older Adults with DD (MT UCEDD)

Last month, Mindy Renfro, PT, PhD, GCS of Montana's Rural Institute MonTECH programs, presented information at the annual Combined Sections Meeting of the American Physical Therapy Association in Indianapolis, IN.

2/25/2015

AUCD letter Supporting Ranking Member Robert Scott's Substitute Bill to H.R. 5

AUCD supports Ranking Member Robert Scott's substitute to H.R.5. This substitute bill includes many provisions that continue high expectations for students with disabilities.

2/25/2015

AUCD signed on to a letter to support funding for The Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV)

AUCD along with the National Child Abuse Coalition asking leading members of Congress to fund the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV). Funding is set to expire in March 2015, and the program is a wise investment that states have embraced as a sensible approach to health, education, and fiscal challenges.

2/25/2015

AUCD Strategic Map 2015-2016

AUCD is pleased to present our 2015-2016 Strategic Map. This map outlines five key priority areas and corresponding sub-goals for our organization and network over the next two years, and serves as a guide for our collective work and mission.

2/25/2015

CCD Letter to House of Representatives urging Members to not support HR 5 as currently written.

The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities wrote a letter to the House of Representative opposing the current version of The Student Success Act (H.R.5). AUCD signed onto this letter which includes six baseline principles to ensure students have meaningful access to rigorous standards for all students and fully inclusion for students with disabilities in every local school.

2/25/2015

CCD Social Security Task Force Statement for the Record

House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee

Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Statement for the Record for the House of Representatives Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security Hearing on "Maintaining the Disability Insurance Trust Fund's Solvency"

2/25/2015

OHSU Announces Grant Recipients (OR UCEDD)

The Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) is pleased to announce the latest recipients of the OHSU UCEDD Community Engagement Grant Program. The OHSU UCEDD, in collaboration with their advisory board, the Community Partners Council, is committed to activating organizations across the State to engage people with disabilities in their communities. To further these goals, the CPC annually solicits applications to fund projects with this focus.

2/25/2015

Vermont's Life History Project Continues to Grow (VT UCEDD)

The Life Histories Project at the Center on Disability and Community Inclusion, Vermont's UCEDD, has been busy this last year collecting new stories from Vermonters with developmental and intellectual disabilities.

2/25/2015

Welcome, Sarah Boundy!

AUCD welcomes Sarah Boundy to our team! Sarah is an intern from the Lab School of Washington, working to support all AUCD departments as she fulfills her junior year internship requirement. She will be with us through May of 2015.

2/25/2015

White House Statement Opposing HR 5

The White House released a statement strongly opposing H.R.5, the Student Success Act, in the current form approved by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

2/24/2015

House ESEA Reauthorization Bill Moving This Week! TAKE ACTION!

The full House of Representatives is preparing to consider Student Success Act (H.R. 5), a bill to reauthorize ESEA on Thursday and Friday of this week! While the bill retains some important provisions, such as annual testing in grades 3-8 and once in high school, the bill does not go far enough to support students with disabilities to successfully graduate and go on to postsecondary and employment opportunities.

2/24/2015

National Center for Learning Disabilities-- Re authorization of ESEA Fact Sheet

The National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) released a fact sheet on alternate academic achievement standards (AA-ASS) ti inform the public about the consequences of low expectations for students with disabilities.

2/24/2015

Press Release: "Tuesdays with Liz" featuring Taryn Mackenzie Williams, Associate Director of White House Office of Public Engagement

Liz interviews Taryn Williams, Associate Director in the Office of Public Engagement. Taryn Williams serves as the White House's liaison to the disability community. The interview covers a variety of topics including the Curb Cuts to the Middle Class initiative, access to post-secondary education, and the upcoming anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act.